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Killing me softly: Alcohol is the poison of choice

Author(s) -

Nathan Davies

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio03204010

Subject(s) - alcohol , detoxification (alternative medicine) , population , medicine , liver damage , environmental health , toxicology , biology , pathology , biochemistry , alternative medicine

Alcohol is toxic. Even though it is consumed regularly by a large proportion of the population, it is indisputable that alcohol is poisonous to the body. Fortunately, the body is equipped with detoxification mechanisms to ameliorate the extent of the damage caused by alcohol, primarily in the liver. However, these defences are limited, and repeated exposure to excessive alcohol levels will result in significant long-term damage.

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